[Verse 1]
Eyes on the ceiling
Phone on the floor
Tabs full of ghosts
Calling me back for more
Half-finished bottles
Ash in the tray
Every good promise
Stamped with “maybe someday”
[Chorus]
Can you hypnotize me happy?
Switch the channel in my head
Turn the craving into quiet
Turn the panic into rest
Make these shaking hands remember
How to hold a simple plan
Can you hypnotize me happy
Till I stand up like an upright man?
[Verse 2]
I keep making bargains
“Last time
Then I’m clean”
But the last time keeps laughing
Like it knows what I mean
Got a mirror in the bathroom
That I hate walking past
Shows a kid and a stranger
Fighting over my face like glass
[Chorus]
Can you hypnotize me happy?
Switch the channel in my head
Turn the craving into quiet
Turn the panic into rest
Make these shaking hands remember
How to hold a simple plan
Can you hypnotize me happy
Till I stand up like an upright man?
[Bridge]
If I count back from ten
Will I wake up new?
Or just more aware
Of the damage I do?
So look me in the eyes
Say the words slow
If the spell breaks early
Don’t let me go (don’t let me go)
[Chorus]
Can you hypnotize me happy?
Switch the channel in my head
Turn the hunger into breath
Turn the wreckage into steps
Teach these trembling feet to wander
Past the places where I ran
Can you hypnotize me happy
While I learn how
To be my own upright man?